STAR WARS Zero Company Enemies

Read the icon, then the Armory

Open the map in The Den, confirm the enemy type on the next tactical mission, then kit in the Armory. Pulse grenades that fry droids do not replace frag vs humans. Full mission types: missions.

Story still centers on Coil

Separatists and Outlaws show up as real fights. The campaign threat that the story keeps circling is The Infinite Coil and its Shadow Plague — that is the faction you cannot treat as “more droids with a paint job.”

Once you can name the three, the next question is the early-campaign staple: how to actually drop Separatist droids.

Ion is a kit, not a win button

Bring pulse / EMP-style grenades and Ion-tagged guns when the Holotable shows droids. Then still spend 3 AP on cover → shot → Overwatch. A droid in full cover with a flank on you will shoot back.

Do not EMP the next mission on autopilot

The following Holotable card may be Outlaws or Coil. Swap utilities in the Armory before deploy. Combat budget: combat.

Droids are the tutorial faction. Coil is the one that changes targeting rules.

Burst clusters, do not farm stragglers

The usual XCOM habit — pick the weakest body and chip it — feeds Resonance. Plan a turn where two or more infected drop close together, or dump Advantage specials so the last survivor never sits in the fully stacked state.

Force-empowered is not a droid tag

Coil shock troops are Force-empowered organics. Ion that melted B1s will underperform here. Bring the kit you would take vs dangerous people, then add the Resonance targeting rule on top.

Named Coil leadership is the other half of this faction — Kundri, Visser, and Typhon are the public names, not a full bestiary.

No fake boss DPS

We do not publish invented health, accuracy, or phase timers. Treat named fights as mission-scale: cover, flanks, Injury risk, and the right faction kit. If a named Operator is at 2/3 Injuries, sit them: permadeath.

Typhon is a droid exception on Coil maps

Typhon is a Super Tactical Droid. Ion still matters on that body even when the rest of the card is Coil. Confirm the mix on the briefing, not from memory.

The third faction is easier to underestimate because it looks like “trash mobs.” Outlaws win by count.

Numbers are the mechanic

Outlaws do not need a plague rule to be dangerous. Four Operators vs a wide pack is an Advantage and Overwatch problem. Bank the shared Advantage pool (cap 10) for a special after AP is gone, then cone the approach.

Do not learn cover on this faction

If you are still walking into the open, read combat before a Dangerous/Extreme Outlaw card. The next section is the one-page kit lock so you stop guessing at the Holotable.

Builds follow the faction

A Medic + Scout starter still works on all three factions. The kit on the guns changes. Starter comps: builds. Cycle habits: tips.